Someone you know very well is killed. Their body is immediately cryogenically frozen. 75 years from now, this person's brain is revived, and attached to a sophisticated computer interface that allows it to have sensory input and output... speech, sight, hearing, smell, etc.
You are shocked to discover that this IS your friend. The brain knows you, it recognizes you, it has all your friends memories down to the smallest detail, and it understands exactly what has happened to it. It speaks to you, and you to it. There is no denying that this IS your friend, brought back to life - albeit with the aid of technology.
Your friend then tells you that during the 75 years that passed, there was nothing. No light, no tunnel, no booming voice. No cognition, no sense of the passage of time, no experiences whatsoever. Just a split second between the end of life, and the start of life.
Think about it, because it's not that far out of the realm of possibility. Maybe not now, but someday.
2007-05-15
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